If ESPN's panel of college basketball experts are wearing the color of their choice to win this year's NCAA basketball tournament, not a single one of them has to worry about getting pinched today for St. Patrick's Day.

So many factors and freak moments can creep into the 67 games played over the remainder of March. Getting a key starter back from injury just in time, hitting a hot streak or peaking as a team, being loaded with pure talent or senior leadership, or just being lucky.